Baseball Recap: Northampton County Jaguars vs. Weldon Chargers
In what's become a running theme this season, Northampton County gave their fans yet another huge win on Thursday. They never let the Weldon Chargers onto the board and left with an 18-0 victory. While fans of Northampton County might be used to big wins, the 18-run margin marked the team's biggest one yet.
Jereminah Gholson made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out ten over five innings pitched. Gholson has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in four consecutive pitching appearances. Gholson was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring two runs and stealing six bases while going 2-for-3.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Demarjhe Justice, who scored three runs and stole eight bases while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Jeremiah Harris, who scored three runs and stole six bases while going 3-for-4.
On Weldon's side, they saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Elliot Campbell, who went 1-for-2 with two stolen bases.
Even though they lost, Weldon was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of 1.000. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Northampton County only posted a batting average of .524.
The win (which was Northampton County's third in a row) raised their record to 4-3-1. As for Weldon, they haven't won a game yet this season and fell to 0-9.
Coincidentally, the two teams will both be playing Warren County the next time they take the field. Weldon will host Warren County at 4:00 p.m. on Monday, while Northampton County will host them at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
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